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Jackie Bradley Jr. learned life lessons from his mother, a former Virginia State Trooper
Just hours before Alfreda Hagans spoke with a Globe reporter, one of her sons, Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr., took a stand against racial injustice, sparked by the recent shooting of Jacob Blake at the hands of a Wisconsin police officer. Bradley decided to sit out Thursday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, and his teammates supported him by also choosing not to play. The game was postponed.
Bradley’s protest made his mother proud. But she can’t help but sit back and feel the pain of the Black mother who loses a son or daughter. She also wonders why a profession she once held in the highest regard often doesn’t treat people the same way.

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